Picker construction



April 26, 1955 T 2,707,004

ICKER CONSTRUCTION ATTORNEY April 26, 1955 J. E. HOLT 2,70 7,004 PICKER CONSTRUCTION United States Patent Ofitice 2,707,004

Patented Apr. 26, 1955 One preferred type of mold is illustrated in Figs 2 3 an and includes a lower section 24 and a simllar 2,707,004 up laier section, not sllllown, shaped to correspond to the pic er, the sections aving grooves 25 corresponding to PICKER CONSTRUCTION 5 the pickerfbody and ribs.

The pre erred spacing of the ribs is shown in Figs. 5 g? m g iggggfi ga g gg" if fi zg gg ?%gi and 6, which are sections on the line 55 and 66 of necficut g p rp Fig. 1. The ribs at the forward end of the intermediate section are closer together than the rear ribs, to provide Application April 4, 1952, Serial No. 280,495 strength sinews or ribs at the forward end where strain occurs. Claims. (Cl. 139160) The preferred plastic material is a nylon compound The present invention relates to textile machinery, PE 2081. This nylon has sufficient strength to withand has particular reference to a novel construction for a stand impact, and has a substantial k loom pic er. pooling, as it resists the building up of sufiicient heat The Principal Object of the invention is to pr at the point of shuttle impact to melt the nylon. an improved picker construction having increased ability The formationof spaced disks and deep corrugations to withstand impact and pooling. as illustrated decreases manufacturing costs, as there is other Object of the invention 1's to Provide all a substantial saving in material, the saving in the picker Proved light Weight Picker made of a smaller Volume as illustrated being in addition the molds can be of material than is customarily used. made for larger numbers, as the mold size is controlled A further Object to materlally reduce manhfaetury the number of ounces of material required for each Costs by decreasing melding time for the P 2o molding, and the time for each molding cycle is lessened An additional object is to produce a pick f herm as there is quicker chilling of the thermoplastic in the Plas materials having greatly enlarged surface area innermost mold recesses. The production cost is thus and a greatly increased operating life. shar ly reduced.

11 t e rawings, e invention may be applied to other types of pickers, 1 is a Perspective View Of an illustrative Picker 3b the reversible type picker 26, see Fig. 7, including a body made in accordance with the invention; 27 with cylindrical bore 28 and spaced circular ty e 2 is a P View of the lower DQ 0f ameld disks 29 having angularly disposed supporting ribs 30 therefor, the upper portion being of similar design. and a central section 31 joined by angularly disposed axial Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 2; ribs a U-shaped intermediate portion 33 with panels 4 is a section 011 the lhle 0t g- 34 and supporting ribs 35, of the type shown in Fig. 6, Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig- 1; and a double impact head 36 having spaced disks 37 Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 1; and W1 angular supporting ribs 38. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a different type of pick A t ough I age disclosed a specific disk construction Pickers 0f slmllar Construction by apprexlhlately three may be applied to other molded plastics requlring great toholflle To tth1s end, Ibhave ut11i zetd ati y onacgrripilzll l ei streflngth and tciutghness, vtgthout die iiartrdng flglm the spiiriit w 10 1s qule viscous u very a se g, H or e scope o e invenlon as e ne in e appen e found it advisable to very greatly increase the surface lai thereof, thus providing an extremely tough article for I clalm wlthstan 111g Impact and for Preventmg poohng T 1 A one-piece picker of thermoplastic material, havresultmg picker is comparable in price to S a ar ing a base with a central cylindrical body having an axial lde and rllhhel P but has greatly Increased e bore therethrough, an impact head an an intermediate and effectiveness connecting section between the base and the head the Referring to the drawings, the picker 10 is ofl staiidard base body having forward, rear and intermediate portype such as is used in a Crompton Kno es tions, the forward and rear portions each having a and includes a base 11 having a lehgltlldlhal here 12 series of spaced ad acently positioned circular dISkS with e an t p e 13 J the base e ll Wh angularly positioned connecting ribs therebetween the lnterm dlat Section A Illustrated, P as ead including spaced ad acently positioned circular dlSkS a y large surface area 111 Prepeftleh to Its Volume with angularly positioned connecting IlbS therebetween t e ase having a sefles of Parallel generally elfehlar and the lntermedlate connecting section hav1ng spaced ri s 16 and a Central cylindrical portion 1 the e jacently positioned with reinforcing ribs therebetween. having similar spaced generally circular dl 1 Wlth 2. In the article of claim 1, the base forward portransverse ribs 19 similar to th base ribs and the tion disks being in closer adjacency than the base rear intermediate section including spaced panels 20 shaped ti disks to conform to and integrally join the basesection and 3 In the article of claim 2 the base body interthe head ribs and having intermediate vertical ribs 21. 05 mediate portion including connecting ribs base body rear portion. In the article of claim 3, the intermediate con- The body portion of the Picker is thus made of thin g ii secnon panels depending from the base body e provision of disks and deep corkrugatiIoFs withdsgpportion.

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